(Welcome to) the Planet of Orchids Thinking with NatureKFBG Green Hub, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, One City One Book Hong Kong

This event is a collaboration between the Green Hub, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden and One City One Book HK. At the event, tThere will be a sharing on the film ““(Welcome to) the Planet of Orchids” produced by Park Ji Yun, followed by an in-depth discussion among the artist, KFBG orchid expert, scholars and the participants.

“(Welcome to) the Planet of Orchids” The film is a cinematic anthology exploring the lives of orchids, resulting from interdisciplinary research linking multispecies ethnography, botany, and creative arts. Orchids have established symbiotic cohabitation with neighbouring species, shaping mutual relationships with their surrounding environment. The film conceptualises orchids as indigenous beings who have survived human colonisation. Orchids serve as protagonists, revealing a unique or ordinary narrative from a plant-focused viewpoint. This film, as anhe audio-visual ethnography, portrays the existence of orchids and their relationship with more-than-human community human audiences, inviting them to the ‘Planet of Orchids’.

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